Praveen and Jasmine Win, Indonesia Place Three Representatives in Final India Open 2018

Indonesia is certain to have three representatives in the final of the India Open. Praveen Jordan/Jasmine Daeva Oktavianti following the escape after defeating He Jiting/Du Yue.

In the semi-final match at Siri Fort Indoor Stadium on Saturday (3/2/2018), Praveen/Melati won two straight games with a score of 21-19, 24-22 over the Chinese pair.

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Throughout the game, Praveen/Melati is more often in lagging positions. In the first game, they had missed 14-17 before finally turning things around.

Praveen/Melati was almost forced to play rubber game after the opponent got a game point at 20-19 in the second game. But Praven/Melati can again overtake and win.

Achievement Praveen/Melati past the target that pegged the coach semifinal round. At the top of the party, they have been waiting for fifth seed Mathias Christiansen/Christinna Pedersen.

"The opponent more experience, just tomorrow we have to be sure, it's up to the finals, if the second champion is dear, will still be grateful, but if that could be more why not?" Praveen told badmintonindonesia.org.

Praveen/Melati became the third Indonesian representative to qualify for the final. Previously, 'Red and White' has sent two representatives each of the women's doubles and doubles.

In the women's doubles, Greysia Polii/Apriyani Rahayu will face Jongkolphan Kittiharakul/Rawinda Prajongjai (Thailand) in the final round. While in the men's doubles, Indonesia's best player Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo/Marcus Fernaldi challenged Kim Astrup/Anders Skaarup Rasmussen (Denmark).

India Open final round will be held on Sunday (4/2/2018) starting at 15:30 pm.